392 
7 C ITALIAN MELD GUN. 
THE 
7° ITALIAN FIELD GUN (BRONZE). 
BY 
COLONEL H. H. MAXWELL, K.A. 
Dimensions, Weights, &c. 
Length of gun (nominal). 5' 9*5" 
,i rifling . V 2‘l" 
Preponderance .lbs. 79-4 
Calibre . ins. 2*953 
Twist of rifling, driving edge, 1 turn 
in cals. . . 46f 
Do. loading edge, do. 48*3 
Weight of gun .cwts. 5*8 
Weight of common shell (7*7 lbs., 
burster 7fozs.).lbs. 8*2 
Length of com. shell in diameters..No. 2*4 
Patio of weight of shell to gun . -— 
Weight of gun-charge of powder..lb's. 1*21 
Patio of weight of gun-charge to 
common shell . 
Weight of shrapnel.lbs. 9*37 
Pullets in shrapnel (27^ to lb.)...No. 100 
Patio of weight of powder to shrapnel 
Weight of case shot (61zincbullets)lbs. 9 
Initial velocity witli com. shell ...f.s. 1312 
Height of axis of gun above plane...ft. 3*44 
Distance between bearing points of 
wheel and trail on the ground, 
measured axially .ft. 4*8 
Maximum elevation. 
Minimum u . 
Track of wheels . 
Diam. of « . ; . 
Weight of wheels .each, cwts. 
n gun-carriage (empty) „ 
„ limber n n 
n body of wagon n n 
Total, length " ^ 
Turning angle of carriage. 
Length with 4-horse team | 
Pounds carried in gun-limber ...No, 
Do. in wagon-limber ahd body... « 
Weight of gun-carriage packed, in¬ 
clusive of gun and small stores..cwts. 
Weight of carriages') Q un 
packed for service, £ w on £ " 
men not mounted ) ° ' 
Gunners who can C Gun-carriage. No. 
be mounted on f Wagon .. « 
Draught for each horse ( Gun ...lbs. 
in team of 4 . I Wagon.. « 
22 ° 
3° 
4 ' o" 
4' 1*6" 
10 9 
7 18 
6 1 6*5 
7 1 25*7 
22 
21*3 
50° 
33*9 
33 
46 * 
112 
13 2 9 
24 2 12 
25 2 21 
4 
4 
688 
719 
GtUN. 
System. —Krupp’s, with cylindro-prismatic steel wedge and Broadwelfs 
expanding steel ring, or gas-check. 
Gun-Carriage. 
( Fi &* i*) 
The carriage is chiefly composed of plate-iron, and consists of two 
cheeks, C, parallel for the length occupied by the gun and thence con¬ 
verging to the point of the trail, ending in the trail plate. The lower 
surface of the trail-plate eye and the bend of the lower jaw of the plate, 
which curves under the end of the trail, are at right angles. to each 
other at the point c. Three plate-iron transoms, a , a ', a !', and the 
upper and lower jaws of the trail plate keep the cheeks together. The 
axle, e , of wrought-iron, has no wooden bed, and is let into the cheeks. 
* 46 are actually carried, but there are empty cells for two more rounds, 
t Without spare wheel. 
